Three PT deputies voted this Thursday (19), in the first round, sent by the Lula (PT) government to Congress at the beginning of the month to try to improve public accounts.
Natália Bonavides (RN), Marcon (RS) and Rui Falcão (SP) were among the 154 who voted in the first round against the PEC, which received 344 votes in favor — the minimum required was 308 votes.
The proposal generated fear among deputies at the government’s base because it has devices that were defended by left-wing parties, such as changes in the criteria for granting the salary bonus and changes in the BPC (Continuous Payment Benefit).
The latter were left out of the text after an agreement so that the items could be considered in a bill that will be voted on subsequently.
When contacted, deputy Natália Bonavides stated that she does not support “proposals that diminish the government’s power to change the lives” of the population.
“Financial speculation blackmails the government to make it not work and to kidnap it,” he says. “They want to ensure that the agenda that was defeated at the polls is adopted by our government. Contrary to what they want, the government has achieved success putting into practice the program elected at the polls to guarantee rights and combat inequalities. We need to continue with this agenda.”
In addition to the three PT parliamentarians, deputy Duda Salabert (MG), from the PDT, voted against, as did all 12 PSOL deputies.
In the previous vote, on the request to withdraw from the agenda, deputy Sâmia Bomfim (PSOL-SP) criticized the PEC and stated that the text “cruelly attacks people in situations of great vulnerability, especially those who receive up to two minimum wages, who will lose the right to a salary bonus at the end of the year, something that is fundamental for survival, at the very least, like being able to pay the bills or have happy end-of-year celebrations.”
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